Pin-ticket.



H. S. BREWINGTON.

PIN TICKET.

APPLICATION FILED APE.17, 1912.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

' [N VEN T OR WITNESSES fw/Mfi HENRY S. BREWINGTON, OEBALTIMOREJMARYLAND, ASSIG-NOR TO A. KIMBALL COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.,A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

PIN-TICKET.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 15, 1912.

Application filed April 17, 1912. Serial No. 691,382.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that l, HENRY S. BREWING- TON, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Pin-Tickets, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to pin tickets or tags adapted to be fastened toclothing or to fabrics of various kinds and the inven tion has for itsprimary object the provision of an improved novel and efficient articleof this class.

In the use of tags or tickets of this character it is desirable that thepoints of the fasteners be covered so that they will not stick in,catch, or engage adjacent materials, fabrics or articles, nor snag norinjure the hands of persons who may have occasion to handle the ticketedor tagged articles. Many articles or fabrics to which such tickets ortags are attached are more or less liable to be injured by the fastenersor to show the pin holes and it is a further object of this invention toprovide such tags or tickets of improved construction that the leastpossible injury to the fabrics or articles will accompany their use.

With these, and other objects, in view, the invention consists in theimproved construction, arrangement, and combination of the partscomprising tickets or tags of the class specified, which will be firstfully described hereinafter and afterward specifically claimed.

In order that the construction and operation of the invention may bereadily comprehended, I will now proceed to specifically describe it,having reference to the accompanying drawing which illustrates thepreferred form and some modifications thereof and in which Figure 1 isaview of the blank from which the preferred form of my ticket or tag isformed; Fig. 2 represents a perspective view of the completed tag formedfrom the blank of Fig. 1-; Fig. 3 represents a view in elevation of thetag of Fig. 2 as it appears when in use; Fig. 4 illustrates the same tagin central, longitudinal sectional view, as it appears when attached toa fabric; Figs. 5, 6, and 7, represent views similar to those of Figs.1, 3, and 4, illustrating another slightly modified form of my improvedtag or ticket.

Like reference characters indicate the same parts wherever they appearin the several figures of the drawing.

Such tags or pin tickets may be made of any suitable material such asstout paper, cardboard, leather, or any other suitable material and thepins or fasteners are of the well known staple form, having pointed legswhich will readily penetrate the.clothing, fabrics, or other articles towhich the tags or tickets are to be attached, such staples beingpermanently secured to the tag or ticket, and such fasteners, usuallymade of flexible wire, will for the sake of brevity, be hereinafterdenominated the pin. 7 p

I will now proceed to describe'my preferred form of tag or pin ticket asillustratcd in Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4., in which the blank 1 of which toform the ticket, is of suitable dimensions, and is provided with twotransverse creases 2 and 3, whereby may be foriii'ed by folding on saidcreases, a body 4, a fold 5, and a flap 6. The extremity of the flap isreduced in width to form a tongue 7 and in such tongue is formed atransverse slot 8, while the fold 5, has, near the crease 3, a similartransverse slot 9, and a slight distance from and parallel with saidslot 9, a slit 10 having at each end, on the side toward the slot 9, anopening, in this instance substantially rectangular in form as at 11,12. Between these openings 11 and 12 the material of the ticket forms ashort, broad tongue 13. The pin is best shown in Fig. 2 and in this formit is bent as shown, the cross bar 14 and a portion 15 of each leg lyingon the inside of the body 4, the legs being bent over the edge of saidbody 4 as at 16 and thence bent back at right angles and passed throughthe body 4, the sharp pointed ends 17 projecting at right angles towardthe slot 9 in the fold 5. To apply this form of my tagor ticket to anarticle, such as a piece of fabric 18, said fabric is projected into thespace between the body 4 and fold 5 (as shown open in Fig. 2) when thebody 4 is pressed toward the fold 5, the sharp pointed ends 17 of thepin passing through the fabric 18, and the slot 9 of the fold 5, whenthey are bent down upon the fold 5, extending transversely outward fromthe ends of the slit 10 as shown in dot-ted lines in Fig. This leavesthe pointed ends 17 on the outside of the fold,

- through the slit when the broad tongue 13 will engage in the slot 8 ofthe flap and hold the flap'in position. By virtue of this constructionthe tag is securely attached to the edge of a fabric or article and thesharp points covered up so that there is no liability of injury fromsuch points as there would be if they were exposed.

In the modified form illustrated in Figs. 5, 6, and 7 the variation fromthe preferred form of Figs. 1 to 4: is very slight, the slit 10,openings 11 and 12, tongue 13 of the fold 5 and the tongue 7 and slot ofthe flap 6 being so constructed and arranged that the tongue 7 is notpassed through the slit 10 but the tongue 13 is projected slightlyoutward and engaged in the slot 8 of said tongue 7 of the flap 6.

Other variations and modifications such as might suggest themselves topersons skilled in the art to which my invention apperta-ins, wouldobviously be permissible,

without departing from the spirit and scope of this invention within thescope of the ap- Having thus tion, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is A blank for a pin ticketor tag comprising a strip having two transverse creases forming a body,a fold, and a flap, in the order named, the flap being reduced in widthforming a tongue provided with a transfully described my elvenverse slotnear itsend, and the fold being; i

provided with a transverse slot near the crease separating it fromthe'flap, a slit par-' allel with its slot, and an opening at each endof the slit on the side next the slot forming between them with theslita short "broad tongue.

In testlmony whereof I afliX mysignature in presence of twowltnesses.

Witnesses:

GORDON H. TAYLOR, VL/IARY M. MAGRAW.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents.

Washington, D. C.

HENRY s. 'BREWINGTON."

